Received: from utdallas.edu (utdallas.edu [129.110.10.1]) by csf.Colorado.EDU (8.7.6/8.7.3/CNS-4.0p) with ESMTP id QAA04095 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 16:04:26 -0600 (MDT) Received: from inca.utdallas.edu (lucas@inca.utdallas.edu [129.110.16.10]) by utdallas.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with ESMTP id RAA19576 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:04:24 -0500 (CDT) Received: from localhost (lucas@localhost) by inca.utdallas.edu (8.8.5/8.8.5) with SMTP id RAA12825 for ; Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:04:24 -0500 (CDT) X-Authentication-Warning: inca.utdallas.edu: lucas owned process doing -bs Date: Sat, 28 Jun 1997 17:04:24 -0500 (CDT) From: Michael D Lucas To: Sociology Graduate Students -- International Subject: Re: census data -Reply In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII The following popped up on another list that I use. Perhaps it will be of some help. ====== General Interest ==== 10. Two Searchable International Databases US Census International Database http://www.census.gov/ftp/pub/ipc/www/idbnew.html United Nations InfoNation [Frames] http://www.un.org/Pubs/CyberSchoolBus/infonation/ The US Census Bureau and United Nations provide excellent, interactive searchable databases of international statistical information. The Census Bureau's IDB is highlighted by IDB Online Access, which allows the user to select one of 26 demographic, ethnic, and economic variables and any or "all [of] the countries in the world," and receive a table for that variable for the latest year, selected individual years, or a range of years. Selected variables are available by urban/rural residence. Data can be displayed as text, spreadsheet, or in user-configurable format. IDB is a product of the Census Bureau's International Programs Center. InfoNation data, gleaned from the United Nations Statistics Division, allows the user, through a frames-based interface, to select up to seven of 185 countries and four of 37 variables. Retrieval is for the latest year available only, providing a snapshot view of country information. InfoNation provides geographic and social indicators as well as demographic and economic. Together, IDB and InfoNation are a formidable resource. Note that because of the use of different sources, data may vary for the same variables across the two databases. [JS] Michael D. Lucas School of Social Sciences University of Texas at Dallas P.O. 830688 Mail Station GR 31 Richardson, Texas 75083-0688 email: lucas@utdallas.edu fax: (972) 883-2735 voice: (972) 883-6412 (office) (972) 994-9745 (home)